About 13, 000 farmers and herders are to benefit from the Special Agro Processing Zone being spearheaded by the federal government across the country.
AbdulRazaq said his administration would continue to initiate policies and programmes that would attract investors and turn around the economic fortunes of the state. “The issues of armed robbery, kidnapping among others, are very low because of proper synergy between traditional rulers and security agencies. Even, herdsmen-farmers’ conflict, we try to reduce it to the barest minimum through dialogue,” AbdulRazaq said.
His administration, he said, had initiated partnership with Lagos state on how to improve dairy and rice production, not only to boost food production but also improve the state Internally Generated Revenue .